Disney's Wild New EMSense Tech Can Identify Any Gadget You Touch

New technology from Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research can identify objects based on the electromagnetic (EM) signals that they emit. By programing a software-defined radio to associate specific EM patterns with the objects that release them, the device can identify various electric and electromagnetic objects in real time by reading the signals coursing through your body.

Just touching an object while using EM-Sense is enough for the software to detect the electromagnetic signal traveling through you , and then look up what kind of device generates those signals. The researchers implemented their system in a smartwatch to demonstrate the new technology, and it's quite impressive!

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Who knows what it might be used for, but the party trick alone is impressive. We're still not quite sure how it recognizes the door though.